Firm and Provider News

BALTIMORE – McGuireWoods today announced the appointment of Cecil E. Martin III, a preeminent energy and corporate attorney, as the firm’s new office managing partner in Baltimore.
Martin succeeds Ava E. Lias-Booker, who has served as office managing partner since 2010 and now joins the firm’s seven-member Associates Committee...

Omaha, NE – WoodmenLife President & CEO Larry King has announced his retirement as President & CEO, effective March 2017. He will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board through October 2017, the company announced.
The WoodmenLife National Board of Directors has appointed Pat Dees as President & CEO, effective March 2017.
Dees...

Minneapolis, MN, August 2, 2016 – Fish & Richardson today announced that principal Jason Zucchi has been named a 2016 “Up & Coming Attorney” and paralegal Judy Wasilkus has been named an “Unsung Legal Hero” by Minnesota Lawyer. Zucchi and Wasilkus will be honored at an event in...

WASHINGTON DC (Aug. 1, 2016) - Am Law 200 law firm McCarter & English announced today that two highly accomplished government contracts and cybersecurity lawyers, Alexander W. Major and Franklin C. Turner, have joined the firm’s Government Contracts & Export Controls and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practices as partners, after...

WILMINGTON, DE -- Longtime McCarter & English litigation partner Katharine L. Mayer has been appointed a Superior Court Commissioner and is sitting in New Castle County.
Mayer, who did debtor-creditor bankruptcy and restructuring work, along with product liability defense, was nominated by Gov. Jack Markell and confirmed in June by the state...

NORFOLK, Va. – Benjamin L. Hatch, who supervised high-profile criminal and national security cases as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, has joined McGuireWoods’ Government Investigations and White Collar Litigation Department as a partner in the firm’s Norfolk, Virginia, office.
Hatch — a former clerk for...

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Christopher Machera has joined as a partner in the Firm’s Private Equity practice. He is based in Weil’s New York office.
“Chris started his career at Weil and we are delighted to welcome him back to the Firm,” said Weil Executive Partner Barry...

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Sarah Downie has joined the Firm as a partner in the Executive Compensation & Benefits practice. She is based in Weil’s New York office.
Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf said: “Sarah is a great addition to our Executive Compensation & Benefits...

Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers have chosen McGuireWoods as one of 2016’s “Best Law Firms for Women,” the seventh time in the survey’s nine-year history that the firm has been honored for its commitment to creating an outstanding workplace for women.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. July 21, 2016 – EDGE2016 Security Conference, an emerging, world-class conference where complex business security problems meet real-world solutions, is now expanding strategic partnership opportunities for companies and organizations for their inaugural conference October 18-19 at the Crowne Plaza in Knoxville,...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2016 — Garen E. Dodge has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Labor and Employment practice group. Dodge joins from Jackson Lewis P.C. where he led the firm’s Government Relations practice and was co-coordinator of the firm’s...

JULY 15, 2016, NEW YORK, NY -- Fragomen, the leading provider of immigration services worldwide and a member of both the Am Law 100 and the Am Law Global 100, announces the addition of fourteen (14) new Partners, effective July 1, 2016. As immigration becomes increasingly more complex and integral to the success of business, Fragomen continues to invest in...

HARRISBURG, PA (June 28, 2016) – McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC attorney John W. Greenleaf, III has been elected to the Leadership Harrisburg Area Board of Directors. John will serve a three year term beginning July 1.

New York, NY, July 14, 2016 – Fish & Richardson announced today that the Eastern District of Virginia has granted United Services Automobile Association’s (USAA) motion to dismiss with prejudice a lawsuit alleging infringement of a patent for verifying online transactions using a trusted third party. In the case,Asghari-...

HARRISBURG, PA (June 29, 2016) - McNees Wallace & Nurick today announced the formation and launch of its Food and Beverage Practice Group. The group will be co-chaired by Peter “Fritz” Kriete, Of Counsel and Kimberly A. Selemba, Of Counsel.

Britain's vote to leave the EU should not cause panic amongst privacy professionals. There will likely be years of negotiations between Britain and the EU involving a variety of trade deals and laws, so while the vote to leave is very significant, no one should lose their heads.

HARRISBURG, PA (June 29, 2016) – McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC is proud to announce that attorney Stephen J. Matzura has joined the firm’s Energy and Environmental Group, where he is working out of the Harrisburg office.

HARRISBURG, PA (June 28, 2016) – McNees attorney Devin J. Chwastyk will present on the topic of “Cyber Security in the Healthcare Sector” at the 2016 Healthcare Symposium, on July 19.
The 2016 Healthcare Symposium, organized by Central Penn Business Journal, will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., at the Sheraton Harrisburg-...